Monogram 1/8 The Big T Custom T Ford Street and Show Pickup, 85-4163

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Monogram 1/8 The Big T Custom T Ford Street and Show Pickup, 85-4163 plastic model kit

1/8 85-4163 Monogram The Big T Custom T Ford Street and Show Pickup

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

1999 reissue of the this 1962 masterpiece. In the early 1960s Monogram invested in a series of huge 1/8 scale models with extraordinary detail and working features. The complete line consisted of the Big 'T' Street/Rod (this model), Big Drag Competition Roadster, Big Rod Show/Go Roadster, Big Tub Custom Phaeton and Big Deuce '32 Ford Roadster. The Big T molds alone cost over $100,000 to produce in 1962 money - an absolute fortune at the time. The design work alone for the molds was $40,000. The total cost of the complete 1/8 scale project was over $1,000,000 - in 1963 dollars. The result was nearly flawless, large American automotive models that have never been equaled to this day. This issue of the Big T has 120 precision parts. It starts with a 1924 Ford Model T Roadster bucket, a shortened Model A pickup bed and a Chevy V-8 engine. It features 4" chopped windshield frame, custom raised or lowered top, custom pinstriping and flame decals, simulated rolled and pleated Naugahyde, custom dashboard, chrome wire front wheels with Michelin tires, rear American 200S Daisy mags with BF Goodrich rubber, suicide type front spring perch, chopped '24 T grille shell, custom headlight brackets with tractor headlamps, winged Boyce Moto-Meter radiator mascot, Model A tailgate, bed cover, gas tanks, Halibrand quick change rear end, 47 Ford rear backing plates and rear brake drums, custom rear radius rods, custom exhaust system, engine wiring, flexible hoses and much more. Monogram excluded some of the optional parts from this reissue. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

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